Detailed Information on Publication Record
2022
NECPAL Tool Aids Early Identification of Palliative Care Needs
KABELKA, Ladislav and Ladislav DUŠEKBasic information
Original name
NECPAL Tool Aids Early Identification of Palliative Care Needs
Authors
KABELKA, Ladislav (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Ladislav DUŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Journal of Palliative Medicine, NEW ROCHELLE, MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, 2022, 1096-6218
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
30230 Other clinical medicine subjects
Country of publisher
United States of America
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 2.800
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14110/22:00126650
Organization unit
Faculty of Medicine
UT WoS
000778443700001
Keywords in English
early indication for palliative care; hospice; leadership; multicausality; NECPAL; networking in palliative care; polymorbidity; specialized palliative care
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 3/4/2023 10:22, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová
Abstract
V originále
Background: A key issue in the development of population-based access to palliative care is identification of appropriate patients. Objective: To evaluate the NECPAL (NECesidades Paliativas) tool to identify unmet palliative care needs in the Czech Republic in regional hospitals of the Vysocina region. Methods: We used the End-of-Life care information system (ELFis) to evaluate prognostication to aid the identification of palliative care needs. The evaluation process was developed in cooperation with the regional government and central health care insurance agency as a step toward the development of a nation-wide palliative care program. Results: Our results demonstrate that the NECPAL tool successfully identified palliative care needs in specifically prepared clinical environment. An important part of this is a support of main stakeholders and an effective leadership. Conclusion: An unexpected finding was the role that leadership played in testing the tool, and very short time (10 months) needed for statistically visible changes in a regional system of care.